P.Mich.inv. 3210 / Recto
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Record Details
- Inventory Number
- P.Mich.inv. 3210
- Processing Number
- 1874
- Section/Side
- Recto
- Image Side
- Recto
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto (written across the fibres); Verso is blank
- Connections
- Papers of Eirene, daughter of Orpheus (see S.B. Pomeroy, Women in Hell.Egypt, p. 158-160)
- Material
- Pap
- Size
- 12.3 x 17.8 cm
- Items
- 1
- Lines
- Col. i - 11;
- Col. ii - 5
- Mounted
- Yes
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- Broken along on eof the vertical folds, damaged along another one
- Palaeographic Description
- A medium-sized, semi-cursive hand. (Schuman). - Recto written across the fibres
- Status
- published
- Library
- Ann Arbor
Contents
- Date
- September 30, 177 B.C.[?]
- Origin
- Probably Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Provenance
- Probably Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Acquisition
- November 1925; Acquired from Brummer
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Eirene, daughter of Orpheus
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Receipt for Payment of Money
- Content
- Receipt, addressed to Donax, Tesenouphis, Nikis, and Leontiskos, for the payment of four talents on the total amount to be paid to Eirene for fig and pomegranate crops farmed out to them. The 5 lines of col. II were an addition, to be inserted in col. I, after l. 6, as indicated by the mark in the margin of that line.
- Subject Headings
- Land tenure--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Leases--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Rent--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Farms--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Farm produce--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Receipts (Acknowledgments)--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Talentum (The Latin word)
- Payment--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Persons
- Eirene daughter of Orpheus, (wife of Agamemnon, Maketa) (see S.B. Pomeroy, Women in Hell.Egypt, p. 158-160);
- Donax;
- Tesenouphis (son of Petous, Arsinoites) (see also P.Mich. III, 182; 183; 200; P.Col.Zen. II, 121-122);
- Neikis (Nikis);
- Leontiskos (son of Leontiskos, Perses tes epigones) (see also P.Mich. III, 182-183; P.Col.Zen. II, 121-122)
- Translation
- Eirene, daughter of Orpheus, to Donax, Tesenouphis, NIkis, and Leontiskos, greeting. I have received from you toward the payment for the fig and pomegranate crops in the . . . garden <read: olive orchard?> belonging to me, which you contracted for from me for the fourth year, the 4 talents of copper, making a total of twelve, as specified previously in the agreement. Farewell. Year 4, Mesore 30.
- Papyri.info Link
- https://papyri.info/apis/michigan.apis.1874
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections PMich III Schuman VB 1936 193 Schuman VB, PMich III, 193, 1936 -- BL III, 110 (date); BL VIII, 212 (col. II, l. 4-55; bibliography) BL III, 110 (date); BL VIII, 212 (col. II, l. 4-55; bibliography) Light from Ancient Letters White JL 1986 33 White JL, Light from Ancient Letters, 33, 1986
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- P.Col.Zen. II, p. 195 and 201; S.B. Pomeroy, Women in Hellenistic Egypt (Detroit, 1990[2]) p. 158-160
Availability/System Requirements
- Scanner Initials
- CT
- Date Scanned
- 7/30/1996
- Institution
- sc
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- -177
- Year End
- -177
Technical Details
- Image Size
- 2965 x 2272
- File Size
- 240 KB
- Record
- 1874
- Link to this Item
-
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1874/3210_a.tif
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